Monday, 10 November 2008

A Little Somthing for a Friend

Here is a little 'something' I made for a friends birthday. She always has loads of bits of paper around that the writes her shopping lists, to do lists etc on so I decided to make a her a book with laminated pages. That way she can keep her lists all in one place!

The cover was made by stamping a leaf and flower design onto some pale lilac fabric using fabric paints. It was then layered up and I quilted round the flowers and leaves and added some shadow quilted flowers.

The inner pages were made by laminating pretty notepaper, so are wipe clean. The pages were sewn onto fabric windows....very tricky as the laminated paper is very slippy!

There are four laminated pages in total.

The cover of the book with the finished stitching.

The inside of the front cover.

Lastly I made a tie with some very thin dusky pink and grey ribbon with added beads.

About Mandi

My journey into textiles began with learning to knit as a child before progressing through the years to simple sewing, crochet, cross stitch and finally doing my C & G Level 3 in Patchwork & Quilting a few years ago.
I find my inspiration in the nature that surrounds me both in my garden and in the country side around me. My love of the coast that surrounds our Isles is also a constant source of inspiration. My favourite place being the Giants Causeway & the Antrim Coastline, a place I spent many happy hours exploring in my youth!

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